“And yet it was hard to tell about teachers – they were mysterious, they could sense when something unusual was going on.”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“Anything that can make you cry and send a teacher away – tip him over the borderline – that’s more than just fun and games.”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“Were teachers like everyone else, then? Were teachers as corrupt as the villains you read about in books or saw in movies and television?”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“Did you ever hear a teacher admit that it’s possible for him to make a mistake, David? Ever hear that before?”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“Yes, yes, we are all too human. We have our good days and bad days. We get tired. Our judgment sometimes becomes impaired. We sometimes – as the boys say – goof. It’s possible even for us to make mistakes correcting papers, especially when the answers are not cut and dried, not one thing or another, not all black nor all white…”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“One thing students don’t always realize, David, one thing they don’t grasp is that teachers are human too.”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“There is an invisible line between teacher and students and it must not be crossed.”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“There was nothing more beautiful in the world than the sight of a teacher getting upset.”

Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

“I believe that my destiny is to live among teachers.”

M.V.S.